IC Success stories
John is a trial lawyer in Tennessee. He was a college athlete, and rugby player. He had years of discomfort misdiagnosed as prostatitis, for which he was treated with antibiotics. It would recede for a while and then come back. At one point it came back and did not go away. His symptoms were frequency and a nagging, sharp pain in his lower back and prostate area. He would go to the bathroom and not be able to urinate. He was miserable. A doctor did look around but only found inflammation which he did not think was IC, and again antibiotics were prescribed. The doctor did not suspect IC
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Before I met Matia, I was very ill for over a year. I had Atrial Tachycardia (irregular heart beat), palpitations, acid reflux problem, muscles/joint ache problems, constant headaches, fever/chills, bladder irritation, etc. My life was a nightmare. I remembered that life was not worth living, and that I prayed for my health to be better everyday. I've seen so many Western doctors, tried so many different medications, done many medical procedures, but nothing really helps me. I was constantly ill. My first experience with IC was in November of 2002. I remember
Before I met Matia, I was very ill for over a year. I had Atrial Tachycardia (irregular heart beat), palpitations, acid reflux problem, muscles/joint ache problems, constant headaches, fever/chills, bladder irritation, etc. My life was a nightmare. I remembered that life was not worth living, and that I prayed for my health to be better everyday. I've seen so many Western doctors, tried so many different medications, done many medical procedures, but nothing really helps me. I was constantly ill. My first experience with IC was in November of 2002. I remember
My story is no different from anyone else who has IC except for maybe the minor details. When asked to write my story, I said that I had no story to write as yet. I have only been in treatment for 2 months, so I decided to write a message of hope and encouragement instead.
Mine has been a battle of necessity. Quite frankly, we either live with this disease or - well, I don't like the alternative. I have been through quite a lot over the past 30 plus years of living with this ailment. Sometimes I thought I couldn't hang on. I'm not sure what kept me going - maybe the fact that I had two
Mine has been a battle of necessity. Quite frankly, we either live with this disease or - well, I don't like the alternative. I have been through quite a lot over the past 30 plus years of living with this ailment. Sometimes I thought I couldn't hang on. I'm not sure what kept me going - maybe the fact that I had two
Although I never had IC, I lived my whole adult life with constant attacks of acute cystitis. I was on antibiotics as many days as I was off and one urologist even insisted that I take antibiotics every time I had sex! For obvious reasons, I also suffered from Candida and was gassy and bloated much of the time.
Fortunately, I found Matia Brizman who, with herbs, acupuncture and recommendations for minor lifestyle changes, helped me rid myself of chronic infections.
Finally, at age 50, I hardly ever think about my bladder, am free of Candida, and can enjoy sex without worry.
Thanks, Matia!
Fortunately, I found Matia Brizman who, with herbs, acupuncture and recommendations for minor lifestyle changes, helped me rid myself of chronic infections.
Finally, at age 50, I hardly ever think about my bladder, am free of Candida, and can enjoy sex without worry.
Thanks, Matia!
Thirteen months ago I began working with Matia Brizman. I had debilitating bladder symptoms, chronic pelvic pain, frequency that was intolerable and was considering going on disability. I have worked for 13 months with Matia...weekly telephone consults. She is brilliant at reading an individual's symptomology.. Basically, every week, I tell her what my symptoms are and she suggests various herbal formulas.
The herbal formulas have been right on the money. My body has responded. I'm enjoying health that I never could have imagined. I did not go on disability. My professional speaking career
The herbal formulas have been right on the money. My body has responded. I'm enjoying health that I never could have imagined. I did not go on disability. My professional speaking career
I have been suffering from Interstitial Cystitis for as long as I can remember. Even as a child I had to urinate a lot. I thought this was normal because my mother and sister frequently use the restroom. At fifteen I was diagnosed with Mononucleosis and recurrent Strep infections and was prescribed antibiotics. From this point on I took antibiotics almost constantly for about 3 years. This led to many yeast infections and other problems. At this point the urgency and frequency of my urinating became worse. This was very difficult in high school where people are apt to make fun of you for much
I used to think I was a healthy person. Sure, I drank too much cola and smoked the occasional cigarette, but I had been a vegetarian since the age of sixteen, didn't eat in fast food restaurants, rarely drank alcohol and generally believed that it was okay to indulge occasionally as long as it was in moderation.
From the age of twenty-three I'd noticed a few odd problems that were all dismissed by my doctor. I had chronic headaches, severe allergies that were getting progressively worse every year, extreme debilitating bouts of vertigo that came on just as mysteriously as they left, and
From the age of twenty-three I'd noticed a few odd problems that were all dismissed by my doctor. I had chronic headaches, severe allergies that were getting progressively worse every year, extreme debilitating bouts of vertigo that came on just as mysteriously as they left, and
My story and relationship with my urethra and bladder began 2 years ago when i was experiencing severe stress in my life due to a licensing exam and deep ambivalence about my work, which I personally refused to look at and do anything about until my body literally gave out from underneath me. I remember the day I felt, for the first time in my life, my bladder. Before that point I had never had any problems with that part of my body. However, I suffered from horrible allergies since early childhood, aches and pains in my back and sciatic nerve, and suffered also with severe depressions. I am
Before I begin to detail this incredible journey I wish to highlight that this is a testament of my “almost there” bladder-related story, and my “very there” in so many other ways story (to be addressed later). But first to elaborate what the “almost there” bladder means: from the beginning of my treatment with Matia I kept a journal in which I would rate my days of bladder free symptoms: 100% obviously being no symptoms, 98% one mild symptom, not lasting long at all, 95% -- 2 maybe 3 mild symptoms lasting around 10 – 15 minutes then gone. And so I would go down the percentage scale
February 19, 2008
Before I begin to detail this incredible journey I wish to highlight that this is a testament of my “almost there” bladder-related story, and my “very there” in so many other ways story (to be addressed later). But first to elaborate what the “almost there” bladder means: from the beginning of my treatment with Matia I kept a journal in which I would rate my days of bladder free symptoms: 100% obviously being no symptoms, 98% one mild symptom, not lasting long at all, 95% -- 2 maybe 3 mild symptoms lasting around 10 – 15 minutes then gone. And so I would go down the
Before I begin to detail this incredible journey I wish to highlight that this is a testament of my “almost there” bladder-related story, and my “very there” in so many other ways story (to be addressed later). But first to elaborate what the “almost there” bladder means: from the beginning of my treatment with Matia I kept a journal in which I would rate my days of bladder free symptoms: 100% obviously being no symptoms, 98% one mild symptom, not lasting long at all, 95% -- 2 maybe 3 mild symptoms lasting around 10 – 15 minutes then gone. And so I would go down the
